nrf-sniffer-ble

maintainer labuwx · 2 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package downloads a source archive from a non-whitelisted but official Nordic Semiconductor Azure blob storage host, which is plausibly the project's own; the content is firmware, Python scripts, and a shell wrapper for Wireshark, all used as intended by the project, with no obfuscated or unverifiable executable payloads.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding 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 source archive from a non-whitelisted but official Nordic Semiconductor Azure blob storage host, which is plausibly the project's own; the content is firmware, Python scripts, and a shell wrapper for Wireshark, all used as intended by the project, with no obfuscated or unverifiable executable payloads.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:18 source=("https://nsscprodmedia.blob.core.windows.net/prod/software-and-other-downloads/desktop-software/nrf-sniffer/sw/nrf_sniffer_for_bluetooth_le_${pkgver}.zip"

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Szabolcs Sipos <archur [at] balfug [dot] com>
    
      2# based on nrf5x-sniffer by GI_Jack
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=nrf-sniffer-ble
    
      5pkgdesc="nRF Sniffer for Bluetooth LE - firmware, SnifferAPI and Wireshark plugin"
    
      6pkgver=4.1.1
    
      7pkgrel=6
    
      8arch=('any')
    
      9url="https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Sniffer-for-Bluetooth-LE"
    
      10depends=('python' 'python-pyserial' 'wireshark-cli>=4.6.5' )
    
      11optdepends=('nrf5x-command-line-tools: for flashing the firmware'
    
      12            'nrfconnect-appimage: for flashing the firmware'
    
      13            'nrf-udev'
    
      14)
    
      15install="${pkgname}.install"
    
      16license=(custom)
    
      17options=(!strip)
    
      18source=("https://nsscprodmedia.blob.core.windows.net/prod/software-and-other-downloads/desktop-software/nrf-sniffer/sw/nrf_sniffer_for_bluetooth_le_${pkgver}.zip"
    
      19        'nrf_sniffer_ble.sh'
    
      20        '0001-drop-Filelock-use.patch'
    
      21        '0002-string-escape-fix.patch'
    
      22)
    
      23sha256sums=('26502447742346cd0b0c597564b12a621859ffd4ad05c029069c4fa22deddd40'
    
      24            'SKIP'
    
      25            'SKIP'
    
      26            'SKIP'
    
      27)
    
      28
    
      29package() {
    
      30  cd "${srcdir}"
    
      31
    
      32  patch -p1 -i 0001-drop-Filelock-use.patch
    
      33  patch -p1 -i 0002-string-escape-fix.patch
    
      34
    
      35  # License and release notes
    
      36  install -Dm644 LICENSE.txt "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
    
      37  install -Dm644 release_notes.txt -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/${pkgname}/"
    
      38
    
      39  # Firmware
    
      40  install -Dm644 hex/* -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/${pkgname}/firmware"
    
      41
    
      42  # extcap and SnifferAPI
    
      43  install -Dm655 extcap/nrf_sniffer_ble.py -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/extcap/"
    
      44  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/pymodule"
    
      45  cp -r extcap/SnifferAPI "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/pymodule"
    
      46
    
      47  # Wireshark plugin
    
      48  install -Dm755 nrf_sniffer_ble.sh -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/wireshark/extcap/"
    
      49}
    
      50

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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