Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v11) — Question 359

Which type of attack attempts to overflow the content-addressable memory (CAM) table in an Ethernet switch?

Answer options

• A. DDoS attack
• B. Evil twin attack
• C. DNS cache flooding
• D. MAC flooding

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, as a MAC flooding attack specifically targets the CAM table by sending a large number of MAC addresses, causing the switch to failover to a fail-open mode. Options A, B, and C refer to different types of attacks that do not involve the CAM table and therefore are not relevant to this question.