brother-mfc-j5945dw-cups
The package downloads a Brother printer driver .deb from an official brother.com subdomain, which is not on the whitelist but is plausibly the vendor's legitimate distribution point; the extracted files are static printer data and filters, not remotely executed code.
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 a Brother printer driver .deb from an official brother.com subdomain, which is not on the whitelist but is plausibly the vendor's legitimate distribution point; the extracted files are static printer data and filters, not remotely executed code.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:10
source=("https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf103902/mfcj5945dwpdrv-1.0.0-0.i386.deb")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Christian Weller <christian at jundar dot de>
pkgname=brother-mfc-j5945dw-cups
pkgver=1.0.0
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="LPR driver for Brother MFC-J5945DW printer"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
url="https://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj5945dw_us_eu_as"
license=("EULA")
groups=("base-devel")
source=("https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf103902/mfcj5945dwpdrv-1.0.0-0.i386.deb")
sha256sums=("d2f5036bd319c80aa47f644e4dfcdf0290d73aa6dfe21b4c764a2a626e39c39d")
depends=('cups' 'ghostscript' 'psutils')
depends_x86_64=('lib32-glibc')
optdepends=('brscan4')
pkgver() {
printf "%s" $pkgver
}
package() {
tar -xf data.tar.gz -C "${pkgdir}"
install -m 755 -D "${pkgdir}/opt/brother/Printers/mfcj5945dw/cupswrapper/brother_mfcj5945dw_printer_en.ppd" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/brother_mfcj5945dw_printer_en.ppd"
install -m 755 -D "${pkgdir}/opt/brother/Printers/mfcj5945dw/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcj5945dw" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcj5945dw"
}
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 |