jriver-media-center24

maintainer orphaned · 3 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The source is downloaded from files.jriver.com, which is the official JRiver distribution host. The SKIP checksum is sloppy and means the .deb cannot be verified against a known-good hash, but this is a common pattern for packages that track 'latest' builds where the upstream URL content changes. The binary is a prebuilt .deb from the vendor's own infrastructure, not a personal or third-party host. The risk is low: if JRiver's own server were compromised that would be an upstream supply-chain issue, not an AUR packaging attack. The missing checksum is a quality/hygiene issue rather than an active security threat. No obfuscation, no exfiltration, no unofficial host.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 82%): The source is downloaded from files.jriver.com, which is the official JRiver distribution host. The SKIP checksum is sloppy and means the .deb cannot be verified against a known-good hash, but this is a common pattern for packages that track 'latest' builds where the upstream URL content changes. The binary is a prebuilt .deb from the vendor's own infrastructure, not a personal or third-party host. The risk is low: if JRiver's own server were compromised that would be an upstream supply-chain issue, not an AUR packaging attack. The missing checksum is a quality/hygiene issue rather than an active security threat. No obfuscation, no exfiltration, no unofficial host.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

MEDIUM source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:14 source=("http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v24/latest/MediaCenter-$_debpkgver-amd64.deb" 'License.txt')

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: AudioLinux  <audiolinux AT fastmail DOT fm>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=jriver-media-center24
    
      4_debpkgver=24.0.78
    
      5pkgver=24.0.78
    
      6pkgrel=1
    
      7pkgdesc="The Most Comprehensive Media Software"
    
      8arch=('x86_64')
    
      9url="http://www.jriver.com/"
    
      10license=('custom')
    
      11depends=('alsa-lib' 'gcc-libs' 'libx11' 'libxext' 'libxcb' 'libxau' 'libxdmcp' 'util-linux' 'libxext' 'gtk3' 'webkit2gtk' 'gstreamer' 'gst-plugins-base' 'gst-plugins-base-libs' 'gst-plugins-good' 'gst-plugins-ugly' 'gst-libav')
    
      12optdepends=('mesa-libgl: nouveau video support' 'nvidia-libgl: nvidia video support' 'vorbis-tools' 'musepack-tools')
    
      13conflicts=('jriver-media-center')
    
      14source=("http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v24/latest/MediaCenter-$_debpkgver-amd64.deb" 'License.txt')
    
      15sha256sums=('SKIP' 'ee00f430918df6be37777a61e12812875b5583379c78daaa969bae7383a41fbd')
    
      16
    
      17package() {
    
      18  cd "$srcdir"
    
      19  bsdtar xf data.tar.xz -C "$pkgdir"
    
      20    install -Dm644 "License.txt" \
    
      21    "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING"
    
      22}
    
      23

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	LOW	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	2
2026-07-15 00:09:25	LOW	2