ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07