From 4c835545a3c618da33cb316db1a0c7b2f4b29372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer McIntyre <zeroSteiner@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:44:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Ignore the hosts file if it can't be loaded

---
 lib/rex/proto/dns/resolver.rb | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/rex/proto/dns/resolver.rb b/lib/rex/proto/dns/resolver.rb
index 9b79712df2ad..6aa1345e6ace 100644
--- a/lib/rex/proto/dns/resolver.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/proto/dns/resolver.rb
@@ -84,8 +84,15 @@ def initialize(config = {})
           raise ResolverArgumentError, "Option #{key} not valid"
         end
       end
+
       self.static_hostnames = StaticHostnames.new(hostnames: static_hosts)
-      self.static_hostnames.parse_hosts_file
+      begin
+        self.static_hostnames.parse_hosts_file
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        @logger.error 'Failed to parse the hosts file, ignoring it'
+        # if the hosts file is corrupted, just use a default instance with any specified hostnames
+        self.static_hostnames = StaticHostnames.new(hostnames: static_hosts)
+      end
     end
     #
     # Provides current proxy setting if configured

From 6d1d20cdbe19323232554e36be1375850811d77c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer McIntyre <zeroSteiner@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:46:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump rex-socket to include changes from #66

---
 Gemfile.lock | 2 +-
 LICENSE_GEMS | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6ca56c1a5aea..aabf8b25402e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ GEM
       metasm
       rex-core
       rex-text
-    rex-socket (0.1.56)
+    rex-socket (0.1.57)
       rex-core
     rex-sslscan (0.1.10)
       rex-core
diff --git a/LICENSE_GEMS b/LICENSE_GEMS
index eeecd601d1c9..9e8eee06c8f7 100644
--- a/LICENSE_GEMS
+++ b/LICENSE_GEMS
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ rex-powershell, 0.1.99, "New BSD"
 rex-random_identifier, 0.1.11, "New BSD"
 rex-registry, 0.1.5, "New BSD"
 rex-rop_builder, 0.1.5, "New BSD"
-rex-socket, 0.1.56, "New BSD"
+rex-socket, 0.1.57, "New BSD"
 rex-sslscan, 0.1.10, "New BSD"
 rex-struct2, 0.1.4, "New BSD"
 rex-text, 0.2.56, "New BSD"