diff -ru apt-0.6.45ubuntu14-orig/apt-pkg/depcache.cc apt-0.6.45ubuntu14/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
--- apt-0.6.45ubuntu14-orig/apt-pkg/depcache.cc	2006-09-21 02:02:38.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.6.45ubuntu14/apt-pkg/depcache.cc	2006-11-17 12:46:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <sstream>    
 #include <set>
 
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include <apti18n.h>    
 
 pkgDepCache::ActionGroup::ActionGroup(pkgDepCache &cache) :
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@
    if(!FileExists(state)) 
    {
       StateFile.Open(state, FileFd::WriteEmpty);
+      (void) fchmod(StateFile.Fd(), EXTENDED_STATES_PERM);
       StateFile.Close();
    }
 
@@ -254,6 +257,11 @@
 	 fprintf(OutFile,"\n");
       }
    }
+   fflush(OutFile);
+   if (ferror(OutFile))
+      return _error->Error(_("Failed to write temporary StateFile %s"),
+                           outfile.c_str());
+   fchmod(fileno(OutFile), EXTENDED_STATES_PERM);
    fclose(OutFile);
 
    // move the outfile over the real file
diff -ru apt-0.6.45ubuntu14-orig/apt-pkg/depcache.h apt-0.6.45ubuntu14/apt-pkg/depcache.h
--- apt-0.6.45ubuntu14-orig/apt-pkg/depcache.h	2006-09-20 10:45:16.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.6.45ubuntu14/apt-pkg/depcache.h	2006-11-17 12:35:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 
+#define EXTENDED_STATES_PERM 0644
+
 class pkgDepCache : protected pkgCache::Namespace
 {
    public:
diff -ru apt-0.6.45ubuntu14-orig/cmdline/apt-mark apt-0.6.45ubuntu14/cmdline/apt-mark
--- apt-0.6.45ubuntu14-orig/cmdline/apt-mark	2006-07-03 18:51:16.000000000 +0200
+++ apt-0.6.45ubuntu14/cmdline/apt-mark	2006-11-17 12:53:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@
                 outfile.write(newsec+"\n")
             else:
                 outfile.write(str(tagfile.Section)+"\n")
-        # all done, rename the tmpfile
+        # all done, rename the tmpfile && set permissions
         os.rename(outfile.name, STATE_FILE)
+	os.chmod(outfile.name, 0644)