brother-dcpl3515cdw
Downloads an official Brother printer driver RPM directly from download.brother.com (Brother's own official download infrastructure), which is a legitimate vendor source; the package simply repackages the RPM contents as a CUPS driver with no obfuscation or remote code execution concerns, though it installs a prebuilt binary filter from the vendor.
Triggered rules
llm_review
The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 80%): Downloads an official Brother printer driver RPM directly from download.brother.com (Brother's own official download infrastructure), which is a legitimate vendor source; the package simply repackages the RPM contents as a CUPS driver with no obfuscation or remote code execution concerns, though it installs a prebuilt binary filter from the vendor.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:16
source=("https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf105768/${_model,,}pdrv-${pkgver}-${_revision}.i386.rpm")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Marius Kaufmann <dasug@improved-madness.de>
# Based on brother-dcpl3550cdw package from AUR, which in turn is based on brother-hll2370dn.
pkgname="brother-dcpl3515cdw"
pkgver="3.5.1"
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="CUPS driver for Brother DCP-L3515CDW"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=dcpl3515cdw_eu"
license=('custom:brother-license' 'GPL-2.0-only')
depends=('cups' 'perl' 'ghostscript')
_model="dcpl3515cdw"
_revision=2
#https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf105768/dcpl3515cdwpdrv-3.5.1-2.i386.rpm
source=("https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf105768/${_model,,}pdrv-${pkgver}-${_revision}.i386.rpm")
sha256sums=("77f73f76873a75f53f9a709ec064430d9b820ca478d7e625b800e4046df1630c")
package() {
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/opt/brother"
cp -R "$srcdir/opt/brother" "$pkgdir/opt"
# symlink for lpdwrapper so it correctly figures out the printer model from the path
install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/cups/filter/"
ln -s "/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_${_model}" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_${_model}"
# symlink for the PPD
install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/cups/model/Brother"
ln -s "/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/cupswrapper/brother_${_model}_printer_en.ppd" "$pkgdir/usr/share/cups/model/Brother"
# symlink for inf because it tries to execute it there
ln -s "/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/inf" "$pkgdir/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/lpd/"
# the filter script is invoked with the full path so it needs to exist in lpd
ln -s "${CARCH}/br${_model}filter" "${pkgdir}/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/lpd/br${_model}filter"
# brprintconf is invoked as a bare command by the cups wrapper, so it needs to be visible in the path
install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
ln -s "/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/lpd/${CARCH}/brprintconf_${_model}" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/brprintconf_${_model}"
# install custom brother license files
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/LICENSE_ENG.txt" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/opt/brother/Printers/${_model}/LICENSE_JPN.txt" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |