Ping Flood
| ping-flood (417) |  Low Risk |
Description:
A Ping Flood is an attempt by an attacker on a high bandwidth connection to saturate a network with packets in order to slow or stop legitimate traffic going through the network. A Ping Flood consists of sending a continuous series of ICMP Echo Request (Ping) packets to a target host on the network, which responds with ICMP Echo Replies. The continuing combination of requests and replies can slow the network and cause legitimate traffic to continue at a significantly reduced speed or, in extreme cases, to disconnect. A Ping Flood attack can effectively disable your network connectivity.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Reconfigure your perimeter router or firewall to disallow ICMP echo requests (pings) on your internal network. This configuration will prevent flood attacks that originate from outside your network, but it will not prevent internal flood attacks.
References:
Platforms Affected:
- Various vendors Any application
Reported:
Not available
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