Last Updated on October 29, 2020 by Admin
What is the result of a DHCP starvation attack?
- Legitimate clients are unable to lease IP addresses.
- Clients receive IP address assignments from a rogue DHCP server.
- The attacker provides incorrect DNS and default gateway information to clients.
- The IP addresses assigned to legitimate clients are hijacked.
Answers Explanation & Hints: DCHP starvation attacks are launched by an attacker with the intent to create a DoS for DHCP clients. To accomplish this goal, the attacker uses a tool that sends many DHCPDISCOVER messages to lease the entire pool of available IP addresses, thus denying them to legitimate hosts.