diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 4b6db4c442..981933280b 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY mitkrb-version               "1.6">
 <!ENTITY cyrus-sasl-version           "2.1.23">
 <!ENTITY stunnel-version              "4.34">
-<!ENTITY sudo-version                 "1.7.4p5">
+<!ENTITY sudo-version                 "1.8.2">
 <!ENTITY nss-version                  "3.12.8">
 <!ENTITY policykit-version            "0.9">
 <!ENTITY polkit-version               "0.94">
diff --git a/postlfs/security/sudo.xml b/postlfs/security/sudo.xml
index c4d9e76953..f567ea546c 100644
--- a/postlfs/security/sudo.xml
+++ b/postlfs/security/sudo.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY sudo-download-http "http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/dist/sudo-&sudo-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY sudo-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.twaren.net/Unix/Security/Sudo/sudo-&sudo-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-md5sum        "4c8105507363371dea89ceb7c92187dd">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-size          "943 KB">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-buildsize     "5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY sudo-time          "0.1 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-md5sum        "000f458e7391be9fdf459a9ad6a4912a">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-size          "1.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-buildsize     "13 MB">
+  <!ENTITY sudo-time          "0.2 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="sudo" xreflabel="sudo-&sudo-version;">
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
-<!--    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
-    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Required patch: <ulink
-        url="&patch-root;/sudo-&sudo-version;-envvar_fix-1.patch"/></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist> -->
-
-
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sudo Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -93,8 +84,6 @@
     <para>Install <application>sudo</application> by running
     the following commands:</para>
 
-<!-- <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sudo-&sudo-version;-envvar_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
--->
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
             --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
             --with-ignore-dot \