ISC BIND rndc Control Channel Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1285)

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in ISC BIND9. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of packets sent to rndc control channel interface. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerabilities by sending a maliciously crafted packet to the rndc control channel interface of a target BIND server. Successful exploitation could lead to denial-of-service conditions.