Public bug reported:
I live in the United States and speak only English and Spanish
(somewhat).
The recent update to libthai and libthai data due to arbitrary code
execution via long strings prompted me to try removing libthai and
libthai-data.
Given that I don't speak the language, and know with high certainty that
no one who uses my machine will speak it, there is no reason for it to
be on my machine.
Its not the space that it takes that bothers me (Though, it would be
nice to reclaim the space regardless), but that a package I don't need
on my machine has a security flaw that would enable an attacker to
compromise my machine.
I recognize that people who do speak the Thai language need this
library, but given that I chose my language as English at install, isn't
there anyway to remove language packages that I didn't select/don't
need?
Here is the output from the terminal:
jone...@jonesmz-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove libthai-data
[sudo] password for jonesmz:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
sg3-utils libdlmcontrol3 feynmf mutter-common wamerican guile-1.8 dvgrab
latex2html librpmbuild0 python-psyco debootstrap libopenipmi0 lilypond-doc
libfence4 python-pexpect libdmraid1.0.0.rc15 lilypond-data python-renderpm
libatk1.0-dev
libgda-4.0-common libgcj-bc python-libvirt libxcb-keysyms1 groff libgretl1
deluge-common lives-data nmap tex4ht libnet-snmp-perl libopenais3 libcvaux1
mplayer-skins libgfortran3 corosync gretl-doc liblogthread3
gobject-introspection-glib-2.0 libccs3 ipython java-common librpmio0 librpm0
vflib3 libcddb2 libcairo2-dev libcorosync4 python-lxml python-reportlab-accel
libaccess-bridge-java python-gda icedtea-6-jre-cacao libweed0
libfile-basedir-perl
gretl-common pidgin-data libboost-thread1.38.0 libffi-dev libnss3-dev luatex
eclipse-platform-data tofrodos gcj-4.4-jre-lib gobject-introspection libgcj10
kpartx libdlm3 python-configobj x11proto-composite-dev libjlibeps-java
guile-1.6-libs ant-optional-gcj libtorrent-rasterbar5 valgrind libvlc2 tidy
libtidy-0.99-0 libnet-telnet-perl ant python-numpy snmp cman deluge-core
gcj-4.4-base python-cheetah libfile-mimeinfo-perl libgnomeprint2.2-data
schedtool
python-rpm vlc-nox python-compizconfig texlive-metapost-doc libgda-4.0-4
libgcj-common python-svn ogmtools gjs x11proto-damage-dev libupnp3
libjaxp1.3-java openjdk-6-jre-headless giblib1 libxcb-render-util0-dev
libjiu-java drgeo-doc
openipmi libgavl1 icedax tzdata-java libwxbase2.8-0 texlive-xetex gnuplot-nox
openais kbibtex libgirepository1.0-0 gobject-introspection-freedesktop
libjline-java texlive-bibtex-extra openjdk-6-jre-lib libxdamage-dev
libnspr4-dev
libxerces2-java openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au libwmf-bin
openoffice.org-hyphenation libqthreads-12 libfile-desktopentry-perl liblzo2-2
python-pysqlite2 libcv1 libdbus-glib-1-dev libsox-fmt-base texlive-metapost sox
python-uniconvertor
libblas3gf tex4ht-common libxcomposite-dev libamd2.2.0 liblapack3gf
xserver-xephyr libc6-dbg libsox-fmt-alsa rhino context
openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb vlc-plugin-pulse vlc-data libpixman-1-dev global
libcman3 python-scipy dmraid
texlive-font-utils libumfpack5.4.0 wbritish libxcb-render0-dev
default-jre-headless libboost-filesystem1.38.0 python-foolscap mkvtoolnix scrot
ca-certificates-java libsox1a libimlib2 ant-gcj perl-doc python-chardet
libvlccore2
mplayer-nogui ant-optional libguile-ltdl-1 python-reportlab python-virtinst
libboost-system1.38.0 python-libtorrent python-vm-builder texinfo libdvilib2-16
boinc-client python-gobject-dev libgnomecups1.0-1 python-urlgrabber
libgdl-1-common
libboost-python1.38.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
alacarte alleyoop apport-gtk apturl asymptote at-spi boinc-manager brasero
brltty-x11 bum checkbox-gtk chromium-browser chromium-browser-inspector
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg compiz compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
compiz-fusion-plugins-main
compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compizconfig-settings-manager couchdb-bin cournol
default-jre deluge desktopcouch dia dia-common dia-libs diffuse dolphin drgeo
eclipse eclipse-jdt eclipse-pde eclipse-platform eclipse-plugin-cvs eclipse-rcp
eog
evince file-roller finch firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-branding
firefox-3.5-gnome-support firefox-3.7 firefox-3.7-branding
firefox-3.7-gnome-support firefox-gnome-support firestarter flashblock
flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
frei0r-plugins gcalctool gconf-editor gdebi gdm gdm-guest-session gdmap gedit
ggcov gimp gksu gnome-about gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-applets
gnome-bluetooth gnome-codec-install gnome-control-center gnome-disk-utility
gnome-games-common gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-mag gnome-media
gnome-menus gnome-nettool gnome-panel gnome-power-manager gnome-screensaver
gnome-session gnome-session-bin gnome-session-canberra gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-shell
gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-themes-selected
gnome-themes-ubuntu gnome-user-guide gnome-user-guide-en gnome-utils gnuplot
gnuplot-x11 gobject-introspection-repository gparted graphviz graphviz-cairo
gretl
gretl-data gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x gtk2-engines
gtk2-engines-murrine gtk2-engines-pixbuf gucharmap gvb gvfs gvfs-backends
gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse human-theme humanity-icon-theme ibus ibus-gtk ibus-m17n
ibus-table
icedtea6-plugin imagemagick indicator-applet indicator-messages inkscape
jockey-gtk kdebase-bin kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 kfind
khelpcenter4 kile konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole language-selector
language-support-writing-en latexdraw libaccess-bridge-java-jni libatspi1.0-0
libavahi-ui0 libbonoboui2-0 libbrasero-media0 libcanberra-gtk-module
libcanberra-gtk0 libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-gtk-0.10-0 libcryptui0
libdbusmenu-gtk0
libedataserverui1.2-8 libequinox-osgi-java libevdocument1 libevview1
libexchange-storage1.2-3 libgail-common libgail-gnome-module libgail18 libgcr0
libgdict-1.0-6 libgdl-1-3 libgdu-gtk0 libgegl-0.0-0 libgimp2.0 libgksu2-0
libglade2-0
libgnome-bluetooth7 libgnome-desktop-2-11 libgnome-media0 libgnome-pilot2
libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl
libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomekbd4 libgnomekbdui4 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeui-0
libgpod-common libgpod4 libgraphviz4 libgstfarsight0.10-0 libgtk-vnc-1.0-0
libgtk2-gladexml-perl libgtk2-perl libgtk2-spell-perl libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin
libgtk2.0-dev libgtkdatabox-0.9.0-1 libgtkhtml-editor0 libgtkhtml2-0
libgtkhtml3.14-19 libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtkspell0
libgucharmap7 libgweather1 libhighgui1 libindicate-gtk1 libkonq5
libkonqsidebarplugin4 liblaunchpad-integration1 liblpint-bonobo0 libm17n-0
libmagick++2 libmagickcore2
libmagickwand2 libmetacity0 libmutter0 libnautilus-extension1 libnotify-dev
libnotify1 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango-perl libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev
libpangomm-1.4-1 libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libpoppler-glib4 libpurple0 librsvg2-2
librsvg2-common
libsexy2 libswt-gtk-3.5-java libswt-gtk-3.5-jni libtelepathy-farsight0
libthai-data libthai0 libtotem-plparser12 libunique-1.0-0 libvte9
libwebkit-1.0-2 libwmf0.2-7-gtk libwnck22 libwxgtk2.8-0 libxine1
libxine1-misc-plugins lilypond
linsmith lives m17n-contrib m17n-db meld metacity mousetweaks
mozilla-plugin-vlc mozilla-stumbleupon mplayer mutter nautilus nautilus-sendto
nautilus-share network-manager-gnome notify-osd obex-data-server openjdk-6-jre
openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core
openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-gnome
openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-help-en-gb openoffice.org-help-en-us
openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us
openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us
openoffice.org-writer openproj perlmagick phonon-backend-xine pidgin
pidgin-libnotify pidgin-plugin-pack playonlinux policykit-1-gnome prism
python-aptdaemon-gtk
python-desktopcouch python-desktopcouch-records python-eggtrayicon python-gdl
python-gksu2 python-glade2 python-gmenu python-gnome2 python-gnome2-extras
python-gnomeapplet python-gnomecanvas python-gnomekeyring python-gtk-vnc
python-gtk2
python-gtk2-dev python-gtk2-doc python-gtkhtml2 python-gtkmozembed
python-gtksourceview2 python-gtkspell python-ibus python-launchpad-integration
python-nautilus python-notify python-pyatspi python-rsvg python-sexy
python-ubuntuone-client
python-uno python-virtkey python-vte python-webkit python-wxgtk2.8
python-wxversion qa-assistant qemu-launcher qemulator rabbitvcs rhythmbox
screensaver-default-images seahorse seamonkey-browser seamonkey-gnome-support
software-center
software-properties-gtk ssh-askpass-gnome synaptic system-config-cluster
system-config-printer-gnome telepathy-haze tex-guy thunderbird-3.0
thunderbird-3.0-gnome-support tsclient ubufox ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-docs
ubuntustudio-theme umit
update-manager update-notifier usb-creator-gtk useragentswitcher vinagre vino
virt-manager virt-viewer vlc winefish xdg-user-dirs-gtk xscreensaver-data
xscreensaver-gl xsplash xulrunner-1.9.1 xulrunner-1.9.1-dev
xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support xulrunner-1.9.3 xulrunner-1.9.3-gnome-support
xulrunner-dev yakuake yelp zenity zim
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 362 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,673MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 19 19:16:21 2010
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386
(20091020.3)
Package: libthai-data 0.1.12-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-core
SourcePackage: libthai
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-core i686
** Affects: libthai (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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