How is this different than any other run-of-the-mill DOS attack you can do when you're on a LAN? Even if this vulnerability doesn't exist, there's all sorts of

How is this different than any other run-of-the-mill DOS attack you can do when you're on a LAN? Even if this vulnerability doesn't exist, there's all sorts of shenanigans you can pull, like mulitcast flooding, or ARP spoofing.