--- Python-2.4.3/Lib/tarfile.py.org  2006-06-17 22:36:02.000000000 +0300
+++ Python-2.4.3/Lib/tarfile.py      2006-06-17 22:37:28.000000000 +0300
@@ -1403,7 +1403,9 @@
             ti = TarInfo()
             ti.name  = upperdirs
             ti.type  = DIRTYPE
-            ti.mode  = 0777
+            umask = os.umask(0)
+            ti.mode  = 0777 & ~umask
+            os.umask(umask)
             ti.mtime = tarinfo.mtime
             ti.uid   = tarinfo.uid
             ti.gid   = tarinfo.gid