brother-dcpj963n
The package downloads official Brother driver RPMs from the vendor's own download domain (download.brother.com), which is a legitimate source despite not being on standard whitelists; the files are not executed directly but extracted and installed as part of a normal driver package build, posing minimal risk.
Triggered rules
llm_review
The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads official Brother driver RPMs from the vendor's own download domain (download.brother.com), which is a legitimate source despite not being on standard whitelists; the files are not executed directly but extracted and installed as part of a normal driver package build, posing minimal risk.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
source_untrusted_domain
One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).
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PKGBUILD:17
"http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf102170/dcpj963nlpr-$pkgver-0.i386.rpm" \
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlightedpkgname=brother-dcpj963n
pkgver=1.0.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Driver for the Brother DCP-J963N wifi multifuncional printer"
url="http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html"
license=('custom:brother')
depends=('a2ps' 'cups')
install="brother-dcpj963n.install"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
md5sums=('d1a756081b85dd136d44a9a4dae7f052'
'6f9544ccedc82735bd5c325f052cbf2a'
'8bc2ef415bd5522de8557d4f7d1d2d37')
source=(
"fix_lp.patch" \
"http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf102170/dcpj963nlpr-$pkgver-0.i386.rpm" \
"http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf102171/dcpj963ncupswrapper-$pkgver-0.i386.rpm"
)
build() {
cd "$srcdir"
patch -Np0 < fix_lp.patch
}
package()
{
install -d $pkgdir/usr/bin
install -d $pkgdir/var/spool/lpd
install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/usr/bin/brprintconf_dcpj963n "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/
cp -R $srcdir/opt $pkgdir/opt
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-13 00:23:45 | Low | 2 |