Generic Resource Exhaustion
Variants:
Direct
Also Known As:
XML Ping of Death - Variant
Vector Type:
Attack
Relevance:
Generic
Layer:
Application-Level
Platforms:
Any
Target Type:
Application
Affected Mechanisms:
Anti-DDoS
Invented In:
01/01/1999
Added In:
26/12/2014
Vector Operation Method:
Any application level denial of service attack that requires access to entry points that eventually consume large portions of resources from the server, such as excessive storage space, CPU or RAM.