The protobuf packages provide Protocol Buffers, Google"s data interchange format. Protocol Buffers can encode structured data in an efficient yet extensible format, and provide a flexible, efficient, and automated mechanism for serializing structured data. Security Fix: * protobuf: Incorrect parsing of nullchar in the proto symbol leads to Nullptr dereference For more details about the security issue, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.