sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapConnectionException

host '%s' does not exist

Error message

host '%s' does not exist

What it means

Error "host '%s' does not exist" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/controller/checks.py:1759

        finally:
            kb.pageCompress = popValue()
            kb.nullConnection = False if kb.nullConnection is None else kb.nullConnection
            hashDBWrite(HASHDB_KEYS.CHECK_NULL_CONNECTION_RESULT, kb.nullConnection, True)

    return kb.nullConnection in getPublicTypeMembers(NULLCONNECTION, True)

def checkConnection(suppressOutput=False):
    threadData = getCurrentThreadData()

    if not re.search(r"\A\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\Z", conf.hostname):
        if not any((conf.proxy, conf.tor, conf.dummy, conf.offline)):
            try:
                debugMsg = "resolving hostname '%s'" % conf.hostname
                logger.debug(debugMsg)
                socket.getaddrinfo(conf.hostname, None)
            except socket.gaierror:
                errMsg = "host '%s' does not exist" % conf.hostname
                raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
            except socket.error as ex:
                errMsg = "problem occurred while "
                errMsg += "resolving a host name '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.hostname, getSafeExString(ex))
                raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
            except UnicodeError as ex:
                errMsg = "problem occurred while "
                errMsg += "handling a host name '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.hostname, getSafeExString(ex))
                raise SqlmapDataException(errMsg)

    if not suppressOutput and not conf.dummy and not conf.offline:
        infoMsg = "testing connection to the target URL"
        logger.info(infoMsg)

    try:
        kb.originalPageTime = time.time()
        page, headers, _ = Request.queryPage(content=True, noteResponseTime=False)

        rawResponse = "%s%s" % (listToStrValue(headers.headers if headers else ""), page)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/controller/checks.py:1759 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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