Certified SOC Analyst (CSA) — Question 67

Which of the following attack inundates DHCP servers with fake DHCP requests to exhaust all available IP addresses?

Answer options

• A. DHCP Starvation Attacks
• B. DHCP Spoofing Attack
• C. DHCP Port Stealing
• D. DHCP Cache Poisoning

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, DHCP Starvation Attacks, which specifically aim to consume all available IP addresses by sending numerous fake requests. The other options do not focus on exhausting IP addresses; for instance, B involves impersonating a DHCP server, C relates to taking over a port, and D deals with corrupting the DHCP cache rather than exhausting IP resources.