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DHCP.Discover.Flood

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This indicates detection of a flood of DHCP discover packets that have been sent out. This may be an attack attempt to cause a denial of service on the target machine.

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Any DHCP server

Impact logoImpact

Denial of service

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N/A

Telemetry logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)
ID 14082
Created Feb 08, 2007
Updated Jan 13, 2022
Risk black-background-circle-icon black-background-circle-icon lightgray-background-circle-icon lightgray-background-circle-icon lightgray-background-circle-icon
Default Action pass
Active
Affected OS All
Affected App Other