diff -Nuar snort-2.8.3.2.orig/src/preprocessors/flow/portscan/server_stats.c snort-2.8.3.2/src/preprocessors/flow/portscan/server_stats.c
--- snort-2.8.3.2.orig/src/preprocessors/flow/portscan/server_stats.c	2008-02-25 20:27:49.000000000 +0100
+++ snort-2.8.3.2/src/preprocessors/flow/portscan/server_stats.c	2009-03-04 09:24:35.797597187 +0100
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 
     /* open this description, create it if necessary, always wait on
      * sync to disk w/ every write, only write */
-    fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_SYNC|O_WRONLY);
+    fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_SYNC|O_WRONLY, 0644);
 
     if(fd < 0)
     {