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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10663
Category:General
Title:DHCP server info gathering
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

This script contacts the remote DHCP server (if any) and
attempts to retrieve information about the network layout.

Some DHCP server provide sensitive information such
as the NIS domain name, or network layout information
such as the list of the network www servers, and so on.

It does not demonstrate any vulnerability, but
a local attacker may use DHCP to become intimately familiar
with the network in no time.

Solution : Apply filtering to keep this information off the network
Risk factor : Low

CopyrightThis script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison

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